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Chapter 3:

The First Hunt

Teagan's POV

"So what was that all about," Alice asked as we walked back to the house. Her smile was that of a three year old who just discovered bubbles, simple and tremendously excited, but most importantly it was contagious. The situation she had caught me in was both embarrassing and confusing.

"What do you mean?" I played dumb, I knew exactly what she was talking about.

"You and Edward silly, looked like I was interrupting something," She nudged my arm and I felt like I was back in high school.

"Oh no, nothing like that. I mean he hates me, right?" I asked hoping she would disagree with me.

"Yeah, he hates you as much as Rosalie hates looking in the mirror every morning," She said sarcastically.

We reached the house as Carlisle's colleagues were leaving, there scent filled the air and I looked over at Alice who face went blank and looked over at Carlisle. My stomach was tearing itself apart, I needed them. I watched them get into their car and was blindsided at lighting speed by Edward and taken behind the house.

I felt the animalistic rage fill me up, and as Edward held me down with the power I didn't posses I kicked and screamed to be let go. I swung as hard as I could and connected with Edwards face leaving a huge scratch on his cheek. He repositioned himself and held both of my hands above my head, his face once again inches from mine.

"Let her up Edward," I heard Carlisle say as he came around the corner, "Slowly," He said still fearing for his friends.

He lifted his weight but still head my hands, he lifted me up by them and as he did so I felt the pain in my stomach go away. "Well that could have been bad," Edward said with a simple laugh, "Now that I think about, I'm kind of happy you don't have any strength," he rubbed his face where I had scratched him, which you would have never known now.

"I think it's time for you to feed my dear," Carlisle said coming closer.

"I'm sorry," I said feeling horrible.

"No need for apologies, you have been here a week and I'm sure your not used to going this long without hunting." Carlisle was now joined by Esme, Alice and Emmett.

"You can let her go now Edward, Jeez." Emmett said noticing Edward's hands still grasping mine.

He let go and looked at everybody, he seemed shy all of the sudden. "So, who wants to take Teagan here on her first hunting trip?" Esme said looking around, but as soon as Emmett raised his hand I saw Alice whisper something in Esme's ear and a smile cut across her face. "Edward thanks for volunteering," Once again everyone looked over at Edward but his face was not pleased. I felt the rejection like the boulder that Esme threw earlier had just hit me dead in the face.

"I just went hunting yesterday; I really don't need to," Sticking his hands in his pockets.

"Even better, for once it's not going to be all about you. You can show Teagan what to do, and make sure she doesn't accidently find herself on top of a hiker again." Alice said, she was very proud of herself.

"Fine, I'll babysit," he said and tugged on my arm pulling me towards the forest tree line. As soon as we weren't seen anymore he stopped pulling me and turned to look me in the eyes, "I know you're not strong, but can you at least run?" He said angrily.

"Yeah, I can run," I said back just as angrily. He was like Dr. Jekel and Mr. Hyde, one second he was nice and laughing with me, then the next he hates my guts, I was done playing his stupid little game.

"Ok, it very simple if you're not a complete idiot. Find the scent of an animal, chase it down, and kill it."

"Any animal?" I said shortly.

"Well frogs and bugs aren't really that appetizing, but if that's what you want?"

I took a second to regain my composure; he was really getting on my nerves now. I closed my eyes and listened to the sounds of the forest; the crickets… bird's wings flapping….then I heard I large branch break to the west, I sprinted with all of my speed over to where the sound was coming from. As I was getting closer I could see a huge elk bending down to eat the grass that only grew in little patches on the forest floor. I swiftly climbed up a nearby tree and jumped from branch to branch, not making a sound, until I was finally directly on top of him. I dove down and landed gracefully on his back, he bucked and started to run, but as soon as he reached his full speed I sunk my teeth in and felt the warm crimson liquid fill my mouth. Bucking wildly, I reached my arms round his long slender neck and continued to suck down his life force in large gulps.

He soon fell and I took my last sip, leaving him dry. "Satisfied," I heard Edwards voice from behind me.

I looked down at the elk and felt sorrow, was this better than killing humans? It was still a life form, a spirit and energy I was taking away from the earth. I put my hand on the wound my teeth created and felt the lack of heartbeat, the lack of life.

He needed something, something to show my thanks to him. I closed my eyes and let the sounds of the forest take over me. My hand started to shake and as I opened my eyes I watched as the elk's body started to decay under my hands and roots shoot out of my palms. The roots combined and wove together into a solid mass that threw itself into the ground and thickened. It trunk grew tall and started to grow branches. Off of the branches grew thick emerald green leaves and little red berries.

I stood up and looked at my creation, then turned around and started back to the house, completely ignoring Edward's presence. I could have ran and been there in seconds, but I wanted to look around, experience all of the life. I also wanted to think about other options, I didn't want to take life of any form away.

"Teagan?" Edward said catching up to me, making my thoughts go away.

"Fuck off Edward," I said not turning to look at him.

"Hey," He said placing a hand on my shoulder, stopping me.

"WHAT!" I screamed and felt the tears start to run down my face.

"What's wrong?" He said; he was trying to be nice again.

"What, you can't read my mind?"

"No, you won't let me."

"Fine," I said and stood still, letting my guard down, "have a look."

I stood there and watched as his expression turned more and more pained. "Teagan, I'm sorry." He said, "But we have to kill, we have to feed. Feeding off of animals is just simpler if you want to live in one spot, we can't have the townsfolk coming after us with pitchforks."

"I don't like taking life, any life."

"Is that why you made that tree back there?" He asked sincere.

"I wanted the life I took to come back; I wanted to thank him for giving his life for me. I made that tree to give back to the earth what I had stolen." I said and started to walk once more.

He followed me without saying another word, and as we approached the house once more I put on my happy face. This was how they lived, and I didn't want to insult them. They were more humane than the others they told me about, they had more of a soul, which is why they hunted animals, I had to respect that. I walked into the open door and was met by Alice, "Sorry, about that. My vision saw it go a lot better than that. I guess me pushing it on him changed his mind on how he was going to go about things."

"Your vision?" I asked confused.

"Yes I have a gift, I can see the future, what paths people will take." She said not as proud of herself as she always seemed to be, "But when someone interferes, like myself, the future can change."

"Well I certainly walked into a 'gifted' family, did you know Edward can read minds," I said rubbing my temple, trying to absorb what she was saying.

The smile returned to Alice's face, "Yep, and Jasper can feel and control people's emotions." I simply shook my head, of course he did, why not? "Anyway, Carlisle is waiting for you in the study."

I nodded and made my way upstairs, he was in fact waiting for me at his desk. Rifling through papers and random books, my entrance gave him a little start. "Ah, Teagan. Come in, come in." He motioned to the chair opposite him and I sat down, making sure my fake smile was screwed in. "So how was your first hunting trip?"

"It was good, it was an elk. It didn't taste as good as humans, but it satisfied me."

"Yes that is one of the draw backs; we are made to consume human blood. Though it does feel good knowing you didn't kill anyone, doesn't it?"

"Yes sir," I lied, it felt the same to me, I was still killing something.

"Good, now Esme tells me you may not be as strong as the rest of us?" He said going through his papers once more.

"I couldn't lift the boulder in front of the cabin, but she could, and chucked it miles into the woods."

"Well from my early life, and my travels I have only came across that in one other vampire. His name was Christian, he had an amazing gift. The thought was that because his gift was so powerful it took away from some of his vampire traits, like strength."

"Is having a gift common?" I asked.

"Not entirely, sometimes the level of the gift is very rare, like Alice's or Edward's. Do you have anything special about you, something you have noticed you can do that is out of the ordinary?"

"I grow things, like plants and stuff." I said raising my shoulders, I wasn't sure if this was as special as he was hoping.

His eyes got very wide, "You grow things? Can you show me?" Placing my hands out in front of me, I felt the tingling and watched as one single lily sprouted from my palm. It grew fast, and bloomed right before my eyes. When I looked over at Carlisle his mouth had dropped, a reaction that made me chuckle a little. Picking up his jaw he walked over to the other end of the room where a plant, who had seen better days, stood alone. He picked it up and brought it over to me, "Can you bring dead plants back to life?" He asked and gave me the plant and watched as I placed my hands on it and all the leaves turned green once more, and the plant itself grew about a foot. "Impressive," He said.

"So I'm not strong because I can grow things?" I asked, not too upset at the trade off.

"That's my guess, and now that's settled, we need to talk about school."

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